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Iodine is used as an antiseptic in the form of _________ solution.

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Iodine is usually used in an alcohol solution (called tincture of Iodine) or as Lugol's iodine solution as a pre and post operative antiseptic. Some people do not recommended disinfecting minor wounds with iodine because they induce scar tissue formation.

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